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Dr. Tammie Walker
Office Location: 219 Browne Hall
Office Phone: 309.298.1237
Email: TL-Walker4@wiu.edu Dr. Tammie Walker, Professor of Piano at Western Illinois University, received the B.M. degree in Piano Performance, summa cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, where she studied with Penelope Cecchini, and the M.M. and D.M.A. degrees in Piano Performance and Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she studied with Ian Hobson and was a winner of the University of Illinois Concerto Competition. An active solo and collaborative pianist, Dr. Walker has concertized throughout the continental U.S., Hawaii, and western Europe, having given nearly 300 performances since her hire at WIU. Recent highlights include solo recitals at Kutztown University (PA), Valparaiso University (IN) and Mercer University (GA) and concerto performances in Quincy, IL (Shostakovich Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Trumpet and Strings [Dr. Bruce Briney, trumpet]), Omaha, NE (premiere of Joseph Kreines arrangement of Grieg Piano Concerto at CBDNA conference) and at WIU (Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini). Walker is an active clinician, having given invited lecture-recitals throughout the region (Springfield, Chicago, Naperville, Champaign, Peoria, Galesburg, Quincy and the Quad Cities) and at ISMTA annual conferences; she has given more than 70 lectures and masterclasses since her hire at WIU. She is also in demand as an adjudicator, having served on international juries in Atlanta, GA and Las Vegas, NV and at many competitions throughout the Midwest. She is currently Coordinator of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Collegiate Competitions for the state of Illinois. A committed teacher, Walker's students have been finalists in several competitions (including MTNA) and have been accepted to summer programs throughout the United States and Germany. Her students have been admitted to many of the top graduate programs around the country, with several students currently pursuing DMA degrees in Piano Performance, all on full assistantships. An interview with Dr. Walker was published in the January, 2006 issue of The Piano journal in Korea, and she was recently featured in an article in International Piano magazine. Her article entitled "The Status of the BM-Piano Performance Degree" was published in the April/May 2008 issue of the American Music Teacher journal. Her biography is included in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who of Emerging Leaders and Cambridge Who's Who Among Executive and Professional Women in Teaching and Education. Tammie Walker resides in Macomb, IL with her husband Chad (a wind instrument repair technician), and their four children. Dr. Walker has been on the piano faculty at WIU since 1998 and is coordinator of the keyboard area.
Office Location: 219 Browne Hall
Office Phone: 309.298.1237
Email: TL-Walker4@wiu.edu Dr. Tammie Walker, Professor of Piano at Western Illinois University, received the B.M. degree in Piano Performance, summa cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, where she studied with Penelope Cecchini, and the M.M. and D.M.A. degrees in Piano Performance and Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she studied with Ian Hobson and was a winner of the University of Illinois Concerto Competition. An active solo and collaborative pianist, Dr. Walker has concertized throughout the continental U.S., Hawaii, and western Europe, having given nearly 300 performances since her hire at WIU. Recent highlights include solo recitals at Kutztown University (PA), Valparaiso University (IN) and Mercer University (GA) and concerto performances in Quincy, IL (Shostakovich Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Trumpet and Strings [Dr. Bruce Briney, trumpet]), Omaha, NE (premiere of Joseph Kreines arrangement of Grieg Piano Concerto at CBDNA conference) and at WIU (Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini). Walker is an active clinician, having given invited lecture-recitals throughout the region (Springfield, Chicago, Naperville, Champaign, Peoria, Galesburg, Quincy and the Quad Cities) and at ISMTA annual conferences; she has given more than 70 lectures and masterclasses since her hire at WIU. She is also in demand as an adjudicator, having served on international juries in Atlanta, GA and Las Vegas, NV and at many competitions throughout the Midwest. She is currently Coordinator of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Collegiate Competitions for the state of Illinois. A committed teacher, Walker's students have been finalists in several competitions (including MTNA) and have been accepted to summer programs throughout the United States and Germany. Her students have been admitted to many of the top graduate programs around the country, with several students currently pursuing DMA degrees in Piano Performance, all on full assistantships. An interview with Dr. Walker was published in the January, 2006 issue of The Piano journal in Korea, and she was recently featured in an article in International Piano magazine. Her article entitled "The Status of the BM-Piano Performance Degree" was published in the April/May 2008 issue of the American Music Teacher journal. Her biography is included in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who of Emerging Leaders and Cambridge Who's Who Among Executive and Professional Women in Teaching and Education. Tammie Walker resides in Macomb, IL with her husband Chad (a wind instrument repair technician), and their four children. Dr. Walker has been on the piano faculty at WIU since 1998 and is coordinator of the keyboard area.
